diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 92219b7..4a9ccb3 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('fourdst', 'cpp', version: 'v0.8.4', default_options: ['cpp_std=c++23'], meson_version: '>=1.5.0')
+project('fourdst', 'cpp', version: 'v0.8.5', default_options: ['cpp_std=c++23'], meson_version: '>=1.5.0')
 
 add_project_arguments('-fvisibility=default', language: 'cpp')
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d6cfd1a..a068d71 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ build-backend = "mesonpy"
 
 [project]
 name = "fourdst"  # Choose your Python package name
-version = "0.6.0" # Your project's version
+version = "0.8.5" # Your project's version
 description = "Python interface to the utility fourdst modules from the 4D-STAR project"
 readme = "readme.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE.txt" } # Reference your license file [cite: 2]